[Leica] OT: Self made book binding anyone?

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

I did this a lot 30 years ago. It's not hard, but it does require some 
special equipment. The modern version of the equipment is vastly better than 
what I used, but the principle is about the same.

You can buy a perfect-binding machine that clamps the pages while you do the 
binding and then swings a heat lamp over top of it to set the glue and dry 
it. I never tried sewn binding, but I worked with people who did.

The manufacturer of the binding machines is Powis. See
   http://www.powis.com/products/photobooks/photobooks.php

> Okay, I'm playing with the idea of making my own albums but I'm kind of at 
> a loss about book binding. I'm going to talk to some here in New Orleans 
> about it but I wondered if anyone here has experience.
>
> This is an idea for a "fine art" style wedding album. Hand sewn with some 
> specialty inkjet papers.